Active Wayland via River Started 2026

Tiling · Window Manager

Kwm (River)

Features Layouts: tile, grid, monocle, deck, scroller, centered master, and floating, with per-tag states Tags: organize windows with tags instead of workspaces, with shift-tags support Rules: regex pattern matching for window rules Modes: separate keybindings for each mode (default, lock, passthrough, custom) Window States: swallow, maximize, fullscreen,…

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Status
Paradigm
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GPU

Overview

About Kwm (River)

Features

  • Layouts: tile, grid, monocle, deck, scroller, centered master, and floating, with per-tag states

  • Tags: organize windows with tags instead of workspaces, with shift-tags support

  • Rules: regex pattern matching for window rules

  • Modes: separate keybindings for each mode (default, lock, passthrough, custom)

  • Window States: swallow, maximize, fullscreen, fake fullscreen, floating, sticky

  • Autostart: run commands on startup

  • Status Bar: dwm-like bar, supporting static text, stdin, and fifo, with customized colors

  • Configuration: support both compile-time and runtime configuration, reloading on the fly

 

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Notable features

dwm-inspired River window manager with a built-in bar and companion input manager

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